Painted Smile
By Craig Stellpflug
©Copyright 2006 all rights reserved

I’m here tonight in my usual style
I’m laughing and dancing but all the while
I’m just hiding behind my painted smile

Deep inside my soul my heart has been slain
But the jokes I tell always hide the pain
And no-one can tell by the joy I feign

To be the life of the party I’m prone
Always a friend to everyone I’ve known
But at the night’s end I go home alone

For a moment my sobs and laugh combined
Compass lost, my direction I can’t find
But no-one notices, or seems to mind

I quietly wipe a tear with my sleeve
I can’t escape this tangled web I weave
While for your dying love for me I grieve